“So far, we have found 14 passports of candidates interested in going to South Korea, and we believe that several candidates were already sent abroad, with each person being charged Rs 10 lakh-12 lakh,” said Lakhmi Gautam, joint commissioner (crime). Officials have stated that most of these candidates were from Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi. “However, since it is difficult to secure visas from these high-sensitive zones, the Navy officials obtained their passports from Mumbai,” an officer said.

Officials received information from the South Korean embassy when Dagar was creating a ruckus at the embassy for the visa of one of his candidates from Jammu and Kashmir identified as Dr Ravi Kumar.

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According to the crime branch, they discovered that the accused, Sharma, had received over Rs 1.65 crore in his account in recent years, while his girlfriend Jeti had around Rs 47 lakh. Officials also found that Jeti had opened several accounts in her family members' names, which Sharma used to transfer the proceeds of the crime. They also formed a company called Tosha International to send candidates to South Korea. The police have seized 14 passports and rubber stamps from Dagar.

“Deepak Dogra appears to have been monitoring the overall operation and identifying potential targets who wanted to go abroad on work visas. The police custody of the accused is till July 5. Further investigations are underway," said an officer.